The communities of Buckfast and Buckfastleigh are separated by a limestone hill, but are in effect the same place. The Saxon form of Buckfast is Bucfaeten or ‘stags fitness’. Buckfastleigh is in the Ley,...

Situated predominantly to the west of the river Culm, and north-east of Exeter, Cullompton is an important mid-Devon town with a long history. The name ‘Culm’ probably derives from the Welsh word ‘Cwlm’, meaning...